Summary:
The Wildwood City School District in New Jersey has only one high school, Wildwood High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The data analysis reveals that Wildwood High School is struggling across multiple areas, including academic performance, graduation and dropout rates, chronic absenteeism, and overall school performance.
Academically, Wildwood High School's proficiency rates on state assessments are significantly lower than the state averages in English Language Arts, Algebra I, and Science. The school's four-year graduation rate of 79.2% is also lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 3.4% is higher. Additionally, the school has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 26.4%, which is much higher than the state average.
Despite the higher per-student spending and lower student-teacher ratio at Wildwood High School, the school's overall performance remains poor. It ranks 310 out of 422 New Jersey high schools and has a 1-out-of-5-star rating from SchoolDigger. These findings suggest that the school may need to re-evaluate how it allocates its resources to better support student learning and achievement, as well as address the underlying issues contributing to the school's academic and attendance challenges.
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